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10B WEIGHT.

No. 279,667. Patentd June 19,1883.

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UNITED ASTATES PATENT OFFICE.

` `DAVID .ROBERGE OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

TOE-WEIGHT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentlNo. 279,667, dated June 19, 1883.

I Application led December 7, i882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID ROBERGE, a citif` York, have invented an Improvement in Toel Weights for Horses; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accom.

panying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to al1 improvement in' toc-weights for horses; and its obj ect is to construct the same in such a mannerthat they shall be very readily and easily applied, and be retained in position without the use of straps or similar appliances. It is more especially designed to be an improvement on a certain toe-weight described in Letters Patent No. 224,955, which latter is composed of two parts or sections, which are secured to each other by means of a screw-bolt after being applied to the foot, 'and are provided with converging fingers that pass between the sole of the foot and the shoe. In this improvement the said fingers are dispensed with, and the toc-weight is thereby made much simpler in construction and can be applied much more easily, and will fit more snugly to the foot.

The invention consists, first, in a toe-weight composed of two separate sections adapted to .be connected togetherby means of a screw bolt, and provided with an angular spur or projection at each end, which said spurs iit into slots formed on the outside of the hoof, and thereby hold the toe-weight in position; and, secondly, in a toeweight consisting of two separate sections adapted to be connected together by a screw-bolt, and provided with spurs at its ends, which fit into slots formed on the outside of the hoof, and with a downvalidly-projecting finger having a spur or pin at its lower end, which pierces the surface of the hoof, for the purpose of more effectually rctaining the weight in position, all of which is hereinafter particularly vset forth and described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a top view of my improved i'oeweight; Fig. 2, a view ofthe under side, Fig.

3, a front elevation, showing the two sections detached; Fig. 4, an elevation of the rear or inner side, and Fig. 5 a side view.

' Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the several figures.

A may represent the foot of a horse.

Bis my improved toc-weight, composed of two parts or sections, b b', and made of metal or other suitable material, its inner surface being concaved to iit to the contour of the hoof. These sections are connected by means of a screw-bolt, dl, as shown, recesses c being formed in the same to receive said screwbolt, so that it shall not project beyond the outer line of the metal; and a pin or projection, f, may be provided on 011e face of the joint to fit into a slot on the opposite face, so as to keep the sur l faces flush with each other.-

m amA are angular spurs or projections formed one on each outer end of the sections b b', which enter into corresponding slots burned or cut on the exterior surface. of the hoof, and which hold the toe-weight iirmly to the foot when the two sections are drawn together by means ofthe screw-bolt without the aid of any other appliance. Grdinarily, no other usupport than these spurs m m. is necessary, but in the case of very heavy toe-weights I provide an addi tional support, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, consisting of a downwardly-proiecting finger, ln, provided at its lower end with a spur or pin, o, which enters the surface of the hoof, aud thus provides additional support or means of attachment; or, as a modification of this, a projecting piece, j), maybe struck up from the inner surfaceof the lroc-weight, as shown in Fig. 2, and arranged to penetrate the surface of the hoof.`

It will readily be seen that (the sections being detached) when the spurs on are inserted into their respective slots in the hoof and the sections then drawn togetl'ler by means ofthe screw-bolt, the toe-weight will be secured immovably in position.

. The inner surface of the'toe-weight'is hollowed out, so that the contact between the same and the hoof will be chiefly around the edges ofthe former, and consecniently, should the Yhoof slightly change its form by natu `al growth, after the toe-weight has been applied,

l. A toe-weight composed of two separate sections, b b', adapted to be connected together, as described, by means 0f a screw-bolt, d, and provided with ,angular spurs m mf, which t into slots formed on the outside of the hoof, as 15 and vfor the purpose set forth. E

2. In a toe-weight composed of two separate sections7 b b, adapted to be connected together, as described, by means of a screw-bolt, d, the

combination of the spurs m m, formed at the 2o outer end of each section with the downwardlyprojecting iinger n, provided with the spur or pin, o, as and for the purpose set forth.

DAVID ROBERGE.

Vitnesses:

JOHN S. THORNTON, M. H. TOPPING. 

